The 'Growing side-bend'
Spine & scapulae: 'Global' patterns
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15m
THE WHAT
The 'Growing side-bend' or "breathe & grow" is a specific breathing form which expresses the length of the body's lateral-lines. Effectively a LOADED stretch utilising the weight of the head and overhead arm, it affects not only the spine in the frontal-plane but also the rib-cage, hips, the lateral arm & leg-lines - indeed, the entire lateral fascial continuity.
It is a poignant context for practice as not only are human movement-patterns predominantly in the SAGITTAL-plane (i.e. forward & back, such as walking & running), but so too are the most popular mobility-forms of focus, such as "front-folding" and "bridging/back-bending". The frontal-plane, then (i.e. LATERAL movement left & right), is expressed comparatively little, and less so for an extended duration in an isometric stretching context.
RESOURCE CONTENTS:
0:05 - The 'Growing side-bend' DEMO 1
1:38 - IN FOCUS
13:19 - Recap DEMO 2
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